FM 3-11.86 BIOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE

US Army Field Manual on CD in Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) format.

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What's inside:

This multiservice operations publication provides tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) for planning and conducting biological-surveillance operations to monitor, detect, sample, identify, report, and evacuate samples of biological-warfare (BW) agents used against United States (US) forces. The term “biological surveillance”, as used in this publication, refers to the actions taken to detect that a BW attack has occurred and identify the suspected BW agent involved. Users of this manual are nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) or chemical, biological, and radiological (CBR) staff and medical officers, unit commanders, NBC noncommissioned officers (NCOs), and others involved in planning and conducting biological-surveillance operations.

Purpose

The purpose of this publication is to provide commanders, staffs, and unit leaders with a reference for the planning and conduct of biological-surveillance operations. It serves as a key source document for the development of other multiservice manuals and the refinement of existing training support packages, training center exercises, and service school curriculum.

This manual provides the commander and his staff with tools to support:

• Countering a biological threat.
• Providing input to support force protection (FP).
• Supporting medical requirements.
• Supporting the decision making process.

Application

This publication is designed for use at the operational and tactical level. The publication will support command staff planning in preparing for and conducting biological-surveillance operations. This publication also provides guidance to biologicaldetection unit leaders and personnel for conducting biological surveillance.

Implementation Plan

Participating service command offices of primary responsibility (OPRs) will review this publication, validate the information, and reference and incorporate it in service and command manuals, regulations, and curricula as follows:

• Army: The United States Army (USA) will incorporate this publication in training and doctrinal publications as directed by the commander, USA Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). Distribution is according to Department of the Army (DA) Form 12-99-R (Initial Distribution [ID] Requirements for Publications).
• Marine Corps: The USMC will incorporate the procedures in this publication in training and doctrinal publications as directed by the commanding general (CG), US Marine Corps Combat Development Command (MCCDC). Distribution is according to the USMC publication distribution system.
• Navy: The United States Navy (USN) will incorporate the procedures in this publication in training and doctrinal publications as directed by the commander, Navy Warfare Development Command (NWDC). Distribution is according to the military standard requisitioning and issue procedures (MILSTRIP).
• Air Force: The United States Air Force (USAF) will validate and incorporate appropriate procedures in accordance with the applicable governing directives. It will develop and implement this and other NBC multiservice tactics, techniques, and procedures (MTTPs) through a series of USAF manuals providing service-specific TTPs. Distribution is according to the USAF publication distribution system.

PAGES: 248

PUBLICATION DATE: OCTOBER 2004

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